Crime log 12-25

The following list includes recent reports from the Midland County Sheriff's Office and the Midland Police Department. Compiled by reporter Mitchell Kukulka.

Sunday, Dec. 23

9:07 p.m. -- Deputies responded to Jerome Township in reference to a death investigation. A 55-year-old Jerome township man appeared to have died from natural causes.

7:34 p.m. -- Deputies responded to a Jerome Township location for a suspicious vehicle. Deputies Checked the area and were unable to located the vehicle.

5:24 p.m. -- A deputy was dispatched to a business in Lincoln Township and met with the store owner, a 65-year-old man. The deputy found damage to a side door and it appeared someone had attempted to break into the business. The incident was documented. There are no suspects at this time.

4:09 p.m. -- A deputy checked up on a 911 hang up call form Jasper Township. It was young children playing with an old cell phone. The mother of the children took the phone away from her children.

3:55 p.m. -- A deputy was dispatched to Lee Township on a report of a speeding and weaving vehicle. The deputy made contact with with the driver, who was found to be fine -- just tired from a long day at work. The driver was warned and apologized for her poor driving habits.

12:50 a.m. -- Deputies were dispatched to a Lee Township location for a possibly intoxicated driver. Deputies located the driver and performed a traffic stop for a speeding violation. The driver, a 63-year-old Greendale Township man, was not intoxicated, but was experiencing mechanical issues with his vehicle.

Saturday. Dec. 22

11:20 p.m. -- Deputies were dispatched to a Lee Township location for a vehicle parked in the roadway. The vehicle was out of gas. A 21-year-old Lee Township woman was waiting with the vehicle until help arrived. The woman had a valid fugitive warrant out of Midland County, and was arrested and transported to the Midland County Jail, where she was lodged without incident. A family member responded and removed the vehicle from the roadway.

10:22 p.m. -- A 19-year-old Bay City woman was arrested on a warrant out to the Bay County District Court following a traffic stop in Lincoln Township. The woman was transported to Auburn and turned over to Bay City Public Safety.

9:25 p.m. -- A 38-year-old homeless woman was arrested on parole absconder warrants at a Mount Haley Township gas station. The woman was transported to the Midland County Jail without incident.

7:49 p.m. -- A deputy was notified of a failure to pay on a $22 gasoline payment form a Warren Township gas station. The only description given was a "dark car," with no license plate given. The case has been closed pending further investigation.

1:31 p.m. -- A deputy was dispatched to the Emergency Room to speak to a 27-year-old man after he overdosed on heroin at his Homer Township residence.

10:08 a.m. -- Deputies were dispatched to an Ingersoll Township property for a neighbor dispute about a fence and property line. One of the neighbors, a 63-year-old man had a recent survey done and found out that the other neighbor's fence was on his property. The 48-year-old fence owner was upset over the situation and called police because he wanted to know his legal options. The fence has been carefully deconstructed as to not damage it. The 63-year-old neighbor also trimmed an evergreen tree thay was partially over the property line.

1 a.m. -- Deputies responded to a Lincoln Township business for a verbal dispute between a 47-year-old Mills Township man and a 42-year-old Midland woman. The woman was an employee of the business and had requested the man leave the property. The man left without incident and agreed not the return.

Friday, Dec. 21

11:59 p.m. -- A deputy was dispatched to Lee Township for a report of an unknown man walking down the middle of the roadway. The highly intoxicated 42-year-old Harrison man was located and found to be in violation of his probation. He arrested and transported to the Midland County Jail.

4:40 p.m. -- A deputy was dispatched to a residence in Jasper Township and made contact with a 77-year-old woman. She said she was unable to find three oil paintings, her extra pair of reading glasses and her fish food. The woman had her residence "extremely secured." The deputy found no evidence of criminal activity.

4:03 p.m. -- A 39-year-old Warren Township man reported he found a handgun lying on the edge of the road in Hope Township. A deputy took possession of the gun.

2:47 p.m. -- A deputy was sent to a Lee Township trailer park for a loud music complaint. Contact was made with a 15-year-old boy, who agreed to keep the music down.

1:43 p.m. -- A 32-year-old Hope Township man reported that six metal fence posts, worth $24 in total, were stolen off of a utility trailer that he stores behind his pole barn. It is believed the posts were taken recently.

11:55 a.m. -- A deputy was dispatched to a Homer Township school in reference to a criminal sexual conduct incident involving a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy.

11:54 p.m. -- A 32-year-old Lee Township woman reported that her beagle broke his chain and ran toward the neighbor's yard chasing their cats. When she went to retrieve the dog she heard the neighbor, a 36-year-old man, yell that he would shoot the dog and the owner if the dog kept chasing his free-range chickens. She only heard the man and did not see him or any weapons. She was able chain her dog back up, and while she did not wish to pursue charges or have him contacted, she wanted to have the incident documented.

11:28 p.m. -- A 34-year-old Jerome Township woman called after getting in a verbal argument with her 66-year-old mother-in-law. The mother-in-law was gone upon the deputy's arrival. The 34-year-old had civil questions and wanted to know her legal options for preventing her mother-in-law from coming around her and her children.

11 a.m. - A 28-year-old Midland woman reported she was assaulted by a 21-year-old Lincoln Township man at a Lee Township residence. The man was arrested for domestic assault and transported to Midland County Jail.